Interviews + Opinion

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview Ali Ahmadian, president and CEO of Heliospectra, about how controlled light spectrum “communicates” with plants to help them grow.

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview Frank Agraz, Director of the C&I Engineering department at Eco Engineering. They talk about Agraz’s service as the LC Exam Committee Chair, and he provides background about creating and administering the LC exams.

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview Mike Quijano, Strategic Marketing Director for Cooper’s Ephesus Sports Lighting business. They discuss how to mitigate issues with converting high-wattage sports lighting systems to LED, the benefits of increased controllability, and the challenges of abiding by light pollution ordinances.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Cori Jackson, program director of the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) and president of the California Energy Alliance, on the topic of outcome-based energy codes.

In the past decade, change has become nearly constant in the traditionally staid lighting industry. In this roundup interview published in ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, seven industry experts talk about major trends.

“What if we looked at our lighting community as part of one united organization instead of a group of disparate parts competing for dominance? What if we elected a leader to guide us through this period of transition and gave them the authority to assemble the parts to strengthen the future of our community?”

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview David Shiller, President of Lighting Solution Development and inventor of the GU24, about policy, socketed versus fixed luminaires, DC wiring, and where standards need to change.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael McCoy, Director, Architectural Systems, Focal Point for an article about sound-absorbing luminaires for an upcoming issue of tED Magazine, official publication of the NAED. Transcript follows.

In this featured episode of the Get a Grip on Lighting podcast, hosts Greg Ehrich, LC, former President of NAILD and owner of Premier Lighting, and Michael Colligan, an entrepreneur and inventor, interview Spencer Miles, President of Pacific Lamp and Supply in Seattle about the state of distribution, UV, circadian lighting, missing social business interaction, and how distributors can survive and even thrive during the pandemic.